first-ever official rough notes merch is here!!!!!!! 🥹🥹introducing the “women’s basketball changes everything” tank top!!
pre-order yours to get it in time for the final four & the summer of wnba transformation… consider this the best way to support scrappy independent journalism & make a bold statement about the radical possibilities of wbb, at the same time :)
so thrilled about how these shirts came together 🔥🔥 gorgeous hand-drawn design by @the_serious_goose + printed by @olivestagency for a dreamy bi-coastal oakland + chicago collaboration
🏀women’s basketball changes everything tank top
🏷️$36
🩷available in XS-9XL
📦 shipping starts march 16
❤️🔥made with love & shared belief
hi! it’s me, maya goldberg-safir (or mgs). i write rough notes, a substack that follows women’s basketball and its power to transform all of us. my writing is a combo of first-person reporting, deep dives into history & culture, and spilling my guts.
THE BIG NEWS: rough notes is relaunching w/ paid subscriptions on substack. this includes: new design (!!), even more content & VERY CUTE rough notes merch. i’m terrified & excited to share my writing while i travel to arenas around the country, turn strangers into new basketball friends, forever celebrate “the 2005 lesbians” of wnba fandom, and continue to write from the gut. please subscribe to bring these stories to life & feel like you’re part of them, too.
find the link to subscribe in my bio.
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the official rough notes guide to being a golden state @valkyries fan is out! if you’ve been dropped by a magical wnba stork to the steps of ballhalla & need some guidance on becoming, this is for you.
swipe to see an actual image of exhausted valkyries fans on their day off.
“i still feel everything that everyone else feels.” - veronica burton, 5/12/2026 🩷💔
more video ‘rough notes’ from inside valks world on substack this week! (link in bio)
#valkyries #wnbaroughnotes
ANDDDD WE'RE BACKKKKKK!
The Peoples Watch Party is back for the Valkyries Season 2! At Jack London's @xingonesoakland
🗓 THIS IS OUR OFFICIAL VALKYRIES WATCH PARTY SCHEDULE FOR SEASON 2!
Pull up this season and mark your calendars as we rev up our women’s hoops love and vibes:
✨ Great food + drinks
🎟️ Raffles + prizes
👟 Community-centered + family friendly
Let’s watch these games together! The people who make it special. Oakland, we'll see you soon!
Watch Women’s Basketball with Community!
OUR COLLECTIVE
@donuttimedesigns@watchherball@womensallbball@aimsonaim@hysteriasportsbar@roughnotes.mgs@valqueeries@oaklandstylelab
tfw the wnba season just tipped off & with it this v v v v v v important & newest member of rough notes nation / the wubble / the anna’s (@ciaoannalg / @agonzal4 ) attends her first-ever game 🏀🩷 shout-out to the wubble - my primary group text thread since 2021 - for keeping me surrounded by love and community. and yay liberty fannnnnnsssssss 🗽
